Where Was “Your Friends and Neighbors” Filmed? All About the Real Stunning Mansions in the Jon Hamm Series (Exclusive)

Erin ClementsFri, April 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC

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Jon Hamm and Amanda Peet in 'Your Friends and Neighbors'Credit: Courtesy of Apple -

Production designer Anu Schwartz shared the secrets of the stunning homes on Your Friends and Neighbors and the locations of the "real" Westmont Village

The show was filmed in various New York City suburbs, including Westchester County’s Purchase, Rye and Harrison, as well as parts of Long Island

Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet and Olivia Munn star in the series, along with season 2 addition James Marsden

Your Friends and Neighbors explores the price of admission to ritzy Westmont Village — and its dark side.

Season one of the Apple TV+ series saw hedge fund manager Andrew "Coop" Cooper (Jon Hamm) keeping up with the Joneses by stealing from them, after unexpectedly losing his job and his wife, Mel (Amanda Peet).

The show satirizes the residents of the fictional Westchester County, N.Y. town, as all their luxury items and other pawnable trinkets prove ripe for Coop’s sticky fingers.

The series returns for season 2 on April 3, with James Marsden joining the cast as the Gatsby-esque billionaire Owen Ashe.

The Cooper family homeCredit: Courtesy of Apple

PEOPLE talked to production designer Anu Schwartz about the houses where the show was filmed in various New York City suburbs, including Westchester’s Purchase, Rye and Harrison.

Tori and Mel Cooper inside their houseCredit: Courtesy of AppleMel Cooper’s Home

The sizable house where Coop and Mel raised their two children until Coop moves into a rental following Mel’s affair with Nick (Mark Tallman) in season 1, was shot in Harrison, N.Y.

“We always wanted Mel to have more of a refined taste and set her apart from other characters in the show, and also create this warmth in her home,” Schwartz says. “So it's beautiful and warm at the same time, in contrast to Coop's divorce home, which is a little colder and less personal.”

He adds that the house was meant to stand out from other structures in the neighborhood.

“McMansion is always the word thrown around. They tend to reflect an architectural style that is not fully thought through,” he says. "They're grand, they're big, but they might have details that are just a little bit off. So Mel's home was one that we found in this kind of craftsman style with classic lines, beautiful finishes, a great color.”

Sam's homeCredit: Courtesy of AppleSamantha "Sam" Levitt’s Home

Sam, who married into the Westmont community after growing up in South Boston, “had to have nice things, but you can't get the street out of her,” Schwartz says.

“She had to fit in. So she had to create a home that reflected the neighborhood and her neighbors,” he adds of the home, which was shot in the town of Purchase. “She just stepped right up to the line of almost garish, but was able to pull it together. And a lot of that thought went into her accessories and things that she had. She would have leopard-skin something, but yet the furniture had to still be nice.”

Schwartz grew up with the artist Will Cotton, who’s collaborated with Katy Perry, and featured the painter’s work in Sam’s home.

“It has a sort of cotton candy feel to it and that's purposeful,” he says.

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Nick's homeCredit: Courtesy of AppleNick Brandes’ Home

“Nick was a great character because being a basketballer, it's so fun to just look into who he paralleled in reality with other players,” Schwartz says. “So the research was so great because they're always fun homes.”

Nick moves into a new mansion in season 2. That house is actually on Long Island and comes complete with a bowling alley and even bigger basketball court.

“Everything about his second home was a step up from his first home,” Schwartz says. “So we wanted it to be bigger and more ostentatious."

Nick's basketball courtCredit: Courtesy of Apple

Nick's sneaker collectionCredit: Courtesy of Apple

Owen's Westmont homeCredit: Courtesy of AppleOwen Ashe’s Westmont Home

The decor in newcomer Owen’s home, filmed on Long Island, is meant to evoke his “eclectic and impulsive” taste.

“Because he is a shipping magnate and global businessman, we wanted to reflect his financial reach with that, and how he can move things around the world, like objects, antiquities, and paintings,” Schwartz explains of Marsden’s character.

“So, where someone might have an average Picasso, he has the most collected Picasso. We found ones that were in private collections, that maybe auctioned for $30, $40, $50 million, upwards of $100 million. So we could see that he has got that reach,” Schwartz says, noting they used reproductions of the rare works.

Owen's Hamptons homeCredit: Courtesy of AppleOwen Ashe’s Hamptons Home

“We found that it was interesting to have variety with him,” Schwartz says of Owen’s second residence in the Hamptons, which was filmed in the charming hamlet of Quogue. “So we found this modern home out there, which was amazing. It had never been shot before.”

“We decided that it would be more interesting for him as a character to show this totally different style home,” Schwartz adds. “He buys what he likes in the moment, and he has the power and the money to do it.”

Finding the Mansions

“Scouting was fun because we got to go into people's homes and see how they lived,” Schwartz says. “All of our homeowners were just so fun and into the show. And as hard as filmmaking can be, and how much we invade their spaces, they were gracious in many ways and a part of the whole family.”

“It really reflected the reality of these commuter communities, largely based on people in finance, banking, lawyers, and doctors,” he adds.

Schwartz says the “aspirational” spaces were meant to reflect a sense of competition among the characters, who are always trying to one-up each other with their displays of wealth.

That feeling also plays into the central story of the show: "[Coop] comes to realize that a lot of the possessions that people have tend to be empty and not really get to a point of emotional satisfaction,” he notes. “And that's an entry point to how he sees all these things as just objects, and it makes it easier for him to steal them.”

New episodes of Your Friends & Neighbors season 2 drop Fridays on Apple TV+.

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